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Curious about Wooden Canoes
Good afternoon from sunny Florida. I’ve acquired a 20’ wood canvas canoe with an old town sticker and serial number 176978 20. It has half ribs and a sail rig. Any info would be appreciated, thanks, Denny
20’ old town
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Welcome and congratulations, the Old Town with serial number 176978 is a 20 foot long, Guide model with half ribs, no keel, a mast seat, mast step, and a rudder. It was built between October, 1966 and January, 1967. The exterior paint color was G. S. (Guide's Special) green. It shipped on February 24th, 1967 to Orlando, Florida. A scan showing this build record can be found below.
This scan and several hundred thousand others were created with substantial grants from the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association (WCHA) and others. A description of the project to preserve these records is available at http://www.wcha.org/catalogs/old-town/records/ if you want more details. I hope that you will donate, join or renew your membership to the WCHA so that services like this can continue. See https://www.woodencanoe.org/about to learn more about the WCHA and https://www.woodencanoe.org/shop to donate or join.
It is possible that you could have another number or manufacturer if this description doesn't match your canoe. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.
Benson
This scan and several hundred thousand others were created with substantial grants from the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association (WCHA) and others. A description of the project to preserve these records is available at http://www.wcha.org/catalogs/old-town/records/ if you want more details. I hope that you will donate, join or renew your membership to the WCHA so that services like this can continue. See https://www.woodencanoe.org/about to learn more about the WCHA and https://www.woodencanoe.org/shop to donate or join.
It is possible that you could have another number or manufacturer if this description doesn't match your canoe. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.
Benson
